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      Laura O'Callaghan

      Laura O'Callaghan

      Political Correspondent
      Location
      London
      Laura O’Callaghan is the political correspondent covering Westminster politics. Reporting from the British Parliament, she has covered the UK’s response to the war in Ukraine, the Covid-19 pandemic, the death of Queen Elizabeth II, the coronation of King Charles III and foreign relations. Before joining The National in 2021, she worked as a reporter for The Daily Express and a local journalist in east London.

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      Freight lorries disembark from the the P&O ferry 'European Highlander' after arriving at Larne Port near Belfast, Northern Ireland. AFP
      DUP MP criticises Brexit deal as bid to 'make Northern Ireland colony of EU'

      The pro-union party has expressed doubts about the PM's agreement

      UKMarch 01, 2023
      Audience members at a previous Weapons of Mass Hilarity show. Photo: Noor Lozi
      Middle East humour driving London comedy fund-raiser for quake survivors

      West End show aims to raise cash for Syrian and Turkish communities affected by quake

      UKFebruary 28, 2023
      Improved relations between the EU and Britain were thought to be behind this week’s Northern Ireland Protocol deal. PA
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      How a meeting at Cop 27 in Egypt led to UK-EU trade deal

      UK PM Rishi Sunak and EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen first met in Egypt in November

      UKFebruary 28, 2023
      Rishi Sunak and Ursula von der Leyen announce the agreement at the Windsor Guildhall in a room adorned with portraits of royal family members. EPA
      Royal town of Windsor sets scene for Sunak's Brexit breakthrough

      PM and European Commission President lay out details of deal in building where King Charles III married Queen Consort Camilla

      UKFebruary 27, 2023
      British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announces the post-Brexit deal in Windsor, England, on February 27. Bloomberg
      Play10:29:20
      Sunak seeks to sell Northern Ireland deal as DUP warns of ‘concerns’

      Rishi Sunak is expected to travel to Northern Ireland later and will address backbench MPs in the Commons

      UKFebruary 27, 2023
      A volunteer grooms one of the 280 horses at Kyiv's Hippodrome. Photo: Bradley Reed
      Irish racing tries to save Kyiv's horses from ravages of war

      Thousands of horses in Ukraine left to fend for themselves after their owners were killed or forced to flee

      WeekendFebruary 24, 2023
      Children from St Mary's Ukrainian School hold candles during a prayer service at the Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral in London to mark the anniversary of Russia's invasion. PA
      Play22:32:53
      Ukrainian children lead poignant service marking year of war

      Hundreds of paper angels hung in cathedral to represent young victims of conflict

      UKFebruary 24, 2023
      Elderly Ukrainians queue for food and gloves from a charity in Kyiv in the snow. Getty
      Elderly Ukrainians fleeing to Britain as war drags on

      Many pensioners had hoped the hardship of conflict would have ended by the time winter arrived

      UKFebruary 24, 2023
      Chris Williamson, left, a former Labour MP and ally of Jeremy Corbyn, right, has been stripped of his UK parliamentary pass. Reuters
      UK revokes former MP's parliamentary pass over link to Iran

      Chris Williamson hosts a weekly programme on a channel owned by the Iranian state

      UKFebruary 22, 2023
      Police speak to a woman at a protest outside the Islamic Centre of England in north London after Mahsa Amini's death in Iran. PA
      Rishi Sunak urged to act against Iran-linked cultural groups

      Prime Minister under pressure to launch in-depth investigation and protect communities from IRGC activities

      UKFebruary 21, 2023
      The Iranian leadership is glorified in Enghelab (Revolution) Square in Tehran, Iran. EPA
      UK summons Iranian diplomat after threats force TV channel to close in London

      Britain's foreign secretary also announced further sanctions on Iranian officials linked to human rights abuses

      UKFebruary 20, 2023
      Tight security at Chiswick Business Park, where Iran International's newsroom was located. Photo: The National
      Iranian threats palpable in London business park after TV channel forced to close office

      Journalists have been moved to the US or ordered to work from home after Tehran's threats

      UKFebruary 20, 2023
      Ukrainian former professional boxer Wladimir Klitschko, German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius and Ukrainian Ambassador to Germany Oleksii Makeiev pose in front of a Leopard 2 A6 tank . Reuters
      'Russian invasion lays bare how Europe's armies are unprepared'

      Governments are at last moving off a post-Cold War mindset that led to lax defence policies and low budgets. But is too little being done?

      UKFebruary 20, 2023
      Experts say the number of migratory birds visiting Britain's shores is falling alarmingly. Reuters
      Britain's real migrant crisis: how birds have stopped taking annual flight from Africa

      Drought, hunting in Europe and habitat loss in the UK are contributing to a worrying downward trend, experts say

      WeekendFebruary 17, 2023
      Displaced men, women and children in the village of Garbey Kourou, Niger, after terrorist attacks. AFP
      UK launches £33 million Sahel humanitarian fund

      The money will finance projects for people forced to flee their homes because of climate change, extremism and rising food prices

      UKFebruary 16, 2023
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